Kizza Besigye

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kizza Besigye
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Apr 22, 1956(1956-04-22)
Age	68
Birthplace	Rukungiri
Country	Uganda
Horoscope	Taurus

Kizza Besigye Biography

Kizza Besigye is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on April 22, 1956 in Rukungiri, Uganda. Ugandan politician, doctor, and retired colonel known for being the foremost opposition to president Yoweri Museveni. He unsuccessfully ran against him in the 2001, 2006, 2011, and 2016 elections, all of which have been surrounded by controversy.

Yoweri Museveni took power after leading the National Resistance Army in a military coup.

Warren Kizza Besigye Kifefe (born 22 April 1956), known as Kizza Besigye, also nicknamed Colonel (in reference to his military rank before he left the Army), Daktari, Kifefe, KB, and Ssenyondo (“Big Hammer”), is a Ugandan physician, politician, and former military officer in the Uganda People’s Defence Force. He served as the president of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) political party and was an unsuccessful candidate in Uganda’s 2001, 2006, 2011, and 2016 presidential elections, losing all of them to the incumbent Yoweri Museveni, who has been President of Uganda since 26 January 1986. The results of the 2006 elections were contested in court, where court found massive rigging and disenfranchisement. He allowed an early internal FDC election for a successor president, which took place on 24 November 2012. He decided that the successor president should be in place earlier than planned to allow the new president enough time to prepare the party for the next cycle of general elections.

Besigye enrolled at Makerere University in 1975, graduating with a degree in human medicine in 1980. While in the bush, he became Yoweri Museveni’s personal physician. When the National Resistance Movement and Army (NRM/A) came to power in January 1986, he was appointed – at the age of 29 – Minister of State for Internal Affairs. He later held the positions of Minister of State in the President’s office and National Political Commissar. In 1991, he became commanding officer of the mechanised regiment in Masaka, central Uganda, and in 1993 was appointed the army’s chief of logistics and engineering.

He married Winnie Byanyima in 1988 and had a son with her.

Kizza Besigye Net Worth

Kizza Besigye is one of the richest Politician from Uganda. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kizza Besigye 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He attended Makerere University, where he studied medicine. He went on to work as Museveni’s physician and was appointed as minister of internal affairs when Museveni took power in 1986.

He’s also become known for his stance against Uganda’s notoriously harsh penalties for homosexuality, which is illegal in the country.

Warren Kizza Besigye Kifefe was born in Rwakabengo, Rukungiri Municipality, Rukungiri District, southwestern Uganda, on 22 April 1956. He attended Kinyasano Primary School and Mbarara Junior School. The second born in a family of 6, both his parents died before he finished primary school. His father was a policeman. He went to Kinyasano Primary School and Mbarara Junior School for his Primary school education. He later joined Kampala’s Kitante High School for his Ordinary Levels and then Kigezi High School in Kabale District for his Advanced Level education.

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Who is Kizza Besigye Dating?

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In October 2000, Besigye announced that he would run against Museveni in the 2001 elections. He retired from the Uganda People’s Defence Forces in 2001, having attained the rank of colonel. During his campaign, Besigye, who was Museveni’s strongest opponent, accused the government of widespread corruption and pushed for an end to Museveni’s “Movement” system, which he said had served its purpose as an instrument in Uganda’s political transition to multiparty democracy.

Facts & Trivia

Kizza Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Uganda. Kizza Besigye celebrates birthday on April 22 of every year.

He lost the election, which was marred by claims of widespread vote rigging, violence and coercion of voters. In March 2001 Besigye petitioned the Supreme Court to nullify the election results. A panel of five judges voted 5-0 that there had been cheating but decided 3-2 not to annul the elections.

Who is the wife of Kizza Besigye?

Winnie Byanyima

How old is Besigye?

66 years (April 22, 1956)

Who is Besigye son?

Anselm Besigye

When was dr Kizza Besigye born?

April 22, 1956 (age 66 years)

How many children does Besigye have?

Kizza Besigye
Spouse| Winnie Byanyima
Relations| Olive Kobusingye (sister)
Children| Adam Ampa Besigye Anselm Kizza Besigye
Residence(s)| Kasangati, Wakiso, Uganda